Chapter 274 I built a house and the Russians paid for it
After negotiating the price, Fang Yi was ready to pay. Of course, a lawyer was indispensable, so he directly found a lawyer firm in Los Angeles to handle the rest of the matter. Fang Yi himself became the hands-on shopkeeper.
After buying the land, the next step is to think about the house.
Of course, there is not much money to pay for property tax, insurance, etc. even for small houses now, but if Fang Yi builds a big house on his own land, he will have to pay more. As for how much more, it depends on how big Fang Yi builds it.
The house, and the final market valuation of the house, are not discussed at all in capitalist countries.
Back in the hotel room, the first thing Fang Yi said to Zou Heming was: "Heming! Help me find an American designer! It's better to be younger."
"What kind of house are you going to build? Wood or concrete? Concrete is more expensive! If it's wooden, as long as it's not too out of the ordinary, just find a construction company and you won't need an architect." Zou Heming
After thinking for a moment, he said to Fang Yi.
Fang Yi shook his head: "I want a concrete, simple modern building with large floor-to-ceiling glass!". Fang Yi is still a little unhappy when he thinks about not being able to freely express himself in one acre of land in China. Now he is here.
I have just acquired a piece of land, and the surrounding scenery is so satisfying to me. This is the time for me to show my best! This time, the house must be built until I am satisfied!
"You are the boss!" Zou Heming looked at Fang Yi and spread his hands and said, "Tell me, what kind of requirements do you have, in addition to style. For the master bedroom, ask about the guest room or something!".
Fang Yi thought for a moment: "I won't mention the master bedroom. I want four secondary bedrooms and six guest rooms. Then my studio must be independent from the house to ensure that all sides of my studio are transparent!" said
After thinking about it for a moment, he opened his mouth and said: "Of course we also need a swimming pool, eh! With a constant temperature!".
Reaching out and patting Fang Yi on the shoulder, Zou Heming said with a smile: "The California government will like you! Once a house like this is built, it will cost at least two to three hundred thousand US dollars in taxes a year! But this is not enough for you.
It’s really nothing, I’m just a little curious! You know, right? To build a house like this and find a professional designer, the last check I gave you besides buying the land can only cover the design fee. What did you think of?
Is there any way to raise money to build a house?”.
"What's there!" Fang Yi shrugged his shoulders easily: "I'm going to sell one of my collections of works, but if it doesn't work, I'll sell two! Now the Russian tycoons are crazy!" Gerry
Gao Li's works have now easily jumped over 8 million US dollars, and are heading towards the 10 million mark at a rapid pace.
It seems that these Russian tycoons have regarded the ruble as useless paper in order to bring their country's works of art back to the country. And the Russian media also greatly praised the behavior of these tycoons spending a lot of money to bring Russian works of art back to the country. This behavior
From Fang Yi's point of view, it looks like the domestic culture of spending a lot of money for animal heads. Every time one comes back, it is done with such fanfare. The entire media seems to have gone crazy.
Fang Yi doesn't understand this phenomenon. If Fang Yi says, it's better to put the money to buy them into building a school and snatch these things back later. After all, others have snatched them, so spending money to buy them back is nothing.
Son!
"Whose work? Buying one is enough for you to build a house like this?" Zou Heming paused and asked Fang Yi.
"I still have two works of the Russian Expressionist painter, Grigory. These two can be considered his representative works. They should be able to get a lot of money from the Russians," Fang Yi replied.
said.
Hearing what Fang Yi said, Zou Heming nodded and said with a smile: "That's enough. In addition to the Easter eggs, there are also works by several Russian artists. This contemporary artist is the most accomplished! It is indeed enough for you to build this house!"
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"Generally speaking, the Russians paid for me to build a house!" Fang Yi said jokingly with a smile.
"Where are these two works now?" Zou Heming asked.
Fang Yi said: "Now it's hanging in my parents' room in China! To save trouble, I'm going to hand it over to a domestic auction house! Anyway, they also auctioned it last time!"
Zou Heming thought for a while and said: "How about taking it to the United States and auctioning it!"
"Why bother?" Fang Yi waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Just sell it in China and exchange it for US dollars to build a house! And the taxes in the United States are not light!"
Zou Heming looked at Fang Yi and said: "You don't understand what's going on. Although the tax is a little heavier when you sell it in the United States, compared with China, the tax on art sales is really nothing! You
If you sell it in the United States and spend the money in the United States, there will be tax deductions. If you spend it all, the tax money will be refunded to you! If you brought US dollars to the United States, you did not hand over Chinese art in vain.
Taxes? Then pay house taxes and so on. It’s too much repetition.”
After thinking about it for a while, Fang Yi felt that this matter should be handled according to what Zou Heming said. The domestic art transaction tax is really too high. If he buys an eight million piece, he is afraid that there will be a hundred
Hundreds of thousands will be paid as taxes. As for the tax refund? Fang Yi has only heard of it, but has never seen it before.
As soon as Zou Heming said that Fang Yi came over, even if he didn't know anything about it, he could just look up China's art transaction tax online and he would know how cruel this thing is in China.
"Okay! Just do what you said. I will call my parents in the evening and ask them to prepare to ship the painting to the United States!" Fang Yi was very happy after saving more than one million US dollars. Fang Yi was very happy.
This is not tax evasion, it is reasonable tax avoidance.
"Then how many more days can you stay here?" Zou Heming asked.
"Leave tomorrow night! I still have a lot of works to finish!" Fang Yi opened his mouth and said. During this period, Fang Yi has been investing most of his time in paints and oils. Until now, Fang Yi has completed it.
There are only five works that satisfy me. I am still far away from setting up a stall at the Venice Biennale. I really don’t have much time to wander around here in Los Angeles.
Zou Heming asked: "What should I do if I find an architectural firm?".
"Please help me find one. I want a young and creative architect, not something that is flat and boring! I don't have any big requirements other than this," Fang Yi said.
Zou Heming heard this and said, "You don't have any requirements?".
Fang Yi smiled and patted Zou Heming on the shoulder.
In the evening of the next day, Fang Yi arranged things here and flew back to Paris directly from Los Angeles. He began to devote most of his time to creation, taking a little time every day to go into his small workshop for research.
'Let's take a look at the painting materials.
A week later, Zou Heming sent Fang Yi some information about architects and asked Fang Yi to choose the right one from these people in order to start designing the villa.
Fang Yi was sitting on the sofa at home, looking at some information at hand, and then asked Beronica sitting next to him: "Which person do you think is more suitable?".
"I don't understand why you put so much effort into building such a big villa in Los Angeles!" Beronica said as she flipped through the information in her hand.
Fang Yi said happily: "You have never been there! I will take you to see it when I have time!" At this point, Fang Yi raised his arm and made a knife shape with his palm, and cut it: "That place is really amazing!
It was exactly as I thought, with trees everywhere, clear streams, and wild animals often seen in the woods! I could also see some deer, and I actually saw a fox! Not to mention those in the woods.
There are squirrels scurrying in the trees!”.
"Don't you still want to move your family there?" Beronica looked at Fang Yi and said.
"Why not?" Fang Yi looked at Beronica and said: "Anyway, our work is not to sit in the office and listen to the bosses telling us what to do! Even if you come to Paris, it's convenient for you. Just take your passport and get on the plane.
Got it!".
Beronica looked at Fang Yi and said, "I don't want to live in Los Angeles!".
"Let's talk about it!" Fang Yi said nonchalantly. The price of building such a house in Paris is much higher. Even in the countryside, the land price is higher than where he just bought it. Moreover, although Europe has a good environment,
Yes, but after all, this place has been developed for thousands of years, and the beauty has lost the original flavor there.
"I think this person is good!" Fang Yi said, pointing to a piece of information in his hand, which read: Wyatt Frantem! Some of this person's works are very interesting in Fang Yi's opinion!
Taking the information from Fang Yi's hand, Beronica flipped it over and said, "It's quite imaginative!" After looking at the information, she read out softly: "Los Angeles Gensler Architects? Look at this age.
It must not have been a few years since I graduated from college! Isn’t that a little too young?”
"Isn't it good to be younger?" Fang Yi reached out and touched the paper in Beronica's hand and said, "I like his creativity and imagination!".
"Creativity and imagination are true! But you have to build a building. A building that is too imaginative will have a heavy pocket to support it!" Beronica glanced at her boyfriend and said with a smile.
"Money will be available soon, and the Russian tycoons will soon pay for my house! I plan to let him give full play to his imagination! If the design satisfies me, then I will invest more money!"
"Fang Yi generously put his arms on the back of the sofa and said cheerfully.
Beronica had never cared much about how much money Fang Yi had, but she still asked: "Are you ready? It's possible to build a villa worth hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions. Do you have that much money?".
"I've never thought about hundreds of millions! I've already prepared a budget. If a few million doesn't work, I'll invest a little more, and we'll see what the plan is in the end!" Fang Yi said.
After hearing this, Beronica put down the information in her hand and said, "Just make up your mind!".
"Then it's him!" Fang Yi pointed at the young American architect named Wyatt Frantem. After saying that, he stood up from the sofa and followed his girlfriend into the room without packing up.
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Fang Yi still doesn't know what it means for him to choose this young architect with a click of his hand! (To be continued...)